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anger, and went off to a snow-bank and ate snow, and tried to 

 eat the waxen white blossoms of a heather which grew all about; 

 but it all didn't pay, so I came back to where the guide was 

 lolling on a dry bank by a spring, and ate lunch with him instead. 

 After that I felt better, but not to this day have I regained my 

 serenity of mind as to the outcome of that day's work. Every 

 thing was so favorable, so promising, and the possibilities so 

 great, and not even one poor little butterfly to bless myself with; 

 it was too bad. 



North of the great chain of Aleutian Islands, about Norton 

 Sound, and even north of Bering Strait, and under the icy zone 

 of the Arctic Circle, at Kotzebue Sound, it appears that more 

 butterflies are found than at Sitka, because the islands deflect the 

 Japan current to the east and south, so that the more northern 

 regions mentioned are more free from the fog and rain than Sitka 

 is. But even Kotzebue Sound is not a good field for the ento- 

 mologist, and if any enthusiast should desire to go there, my 

 advice would be, " don't." 



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Preparatory Stages of Pamphila manataaqua. 



By PHILIP LAURENT, Phila., Pa. 



On June 24, 1891, I secured two female Pamphila manataaqna , 

 which I placed in a small cage containing a piece of grass sod; 

 during the night nine eggs were laid. The eggs are hemispher- 

 ical in shape, excepting that the apex is somewhat flattened. In 

 color the eggs are of an opaque-white with a greenish tinge. 

 When observed with the naked eye the egg appears to be smooth, 

 but observed through a glass of ordinary power it will be seen 

 that the egg is covered with minute depressions. On July sth 

 the young larvae emerged from the egg. The larvae are slender 

 and more cylindrical than those of most Pamphila. In color 

 they are the same as the egg, excepting the head, which is of a 

 dark brown color. The head, when observed through a strong 

 glass, is found to have a corrugated appearance. On the ii| .pel- 

 part of first segment immediately back of the head, a narrow 

 band of dark brown is observed. July 25th: Larva- are now 

 about a half inch in length; the body is of a dark or oil-gn en 

 color, while the head still remains brown, but of a lighter .shade 

 than when first observed. 



